#like I didn’t buy these for the value or to resell alter. I bought them bcs I’m mentally ill and think they’re cool.

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If you get this answer with 3 random facts about yourself and ask the same to the first 7 people from your notes, anonymously or not :)

Okay I’m sorry these answers are kinda long. I’m extra.

1) I collect funko pops and CDS/music in general kinda. I own about 80 funkos now and according to the app it’s worth about $1,300 US dollars. Which I find hella interesting bcs I’ve bought some of my pops for only 3 dollars. I have a Gerard Way funko that I got for 3 dollars, and he’s worth about 50 now since it’s no longer in production. As for cds, I own about 60 and I have 4 vinyl records.

2) I have a cat!! He’s orange and his name is Archduke Passion Fruit Sherbert the Third. I call him Sherbert or Sherb. He also answer to “no don’t eat that” and “chonky man” (he’s very fat). He lives with my younger sibling in Oklahoma bcs I couldn’t take him with me when I moved out.

3) I didn’t technically complete high school. I went through an adult education center (a GED program essentially) to get my diploma. I moved at the end of my 3rd year of highschool (junior year) and my transcripts didn’t move right so the highschool I would have gone to was going to make me restart as a 2nd year (sophomore). I told my mother I refuse to repeat highschool and to let me test out. The highschool refused to let me test out and pointed us in the direction of the education center. Like a week later I had my highschool diploma. I was 16 at the time.

Like I said. I’m sorry these are hella long answers. I over explain myself a lot. But sometimes you need the backstory info for things to make sense. The last time I got this ask (it was forever ago) I said I’d never seen a Star Wars movie. That fact is still true. I also only had 51 funkos last time I answered this.

[shaizstern]

Article from WSJ: Young Consumers Tap Online Market for Recycled Apparel

The U.S. volume of items being traded online has more than doubled since 2013, with the market topping $2 billion

Kaimi Quipotla, a high-school senior in Las Vegas, says she started selling items from her closet when she was 13 years old to refresh her wardrobe, but now she looks for items to repurpose and hawk for a profit. PHOTO: EMILY WILSON FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

By KHADEEJA SAFDAR

Kaimi Quipotla rarely asks her parents for money to buy clothes. The 18-year-old high-school student, who lives in Las Vegas, mostly recycles her apparel using online marketplaces.

“I’ll wear something twice and then sell it and buy something new,” she said. “If you’re smart about it and know how to upsell, resell and customize, you can also make so much money.”

Ms. Quipotla said she started selling items from her closet when she was 13 years old to refresh her wardrobe, but now she looks for items to repurpose and hawk for a profit. She recently sold a $10 pair of jeans from Goodwill for $75 after cutting off the legs, dyeing them acid-wash pink, fraying the hems and decorating them with studs, she said.

“I would see girls wearing things and would want something similar, but I didn’t have the money. So I just figured it out on my own,” she said.

Ms. Quipotla’s account history shows that she has shipped more than 300 items through Poshmark, an app for reselling clothes, since 2013 and collected nearly $4,000.

Ms. Quipotla says she has shipped more than 300 items through Poshmark, an app for reselling clothes, since 2013. 

While many apparel retailers such as Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and Gap Inc. have struggled in recent years with shrinking sales, the amount of used clothes being traded online has been rising. The U.S. volume of apparel and other items sold on Vinted, ThredUP and other such reselling services has more than doubled since 2013 and the market is now slightly more than $2 billion, estimates PrivCo, which analyzed data from 15 reselling sites.

Many platforms have tailored their services for smartphone users, making it easy to snap photos and list items, and for teens or young consumers who don’t have credit cards. Some also provide a standard shipping label at no additional cost.

“Young girls are going online to look for fashion advice and share styles with friends,” said Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra. “We built our app as a social network for that reason and made it super simple for teens to ship items and process payments.”

In the last six months, Poshmark said orders for junior sizes, often worn by teens, grew at twice the rate of the site’s overall business.

Genevieve Stunkard, 17, said she picked Poshmark because she could sell clothing and accessories for online credits and then use her reservoir to purchase other items. “It allowed me to become financially independent—at least when it came to clothes,” she said.

The mall near her small town of Albany, Texas, has a few stores such as American Eagle Outfitters Inc., but Ms. Stunkard said the clothes sold at most chains don’t reflect her personal style. “I don’t want to look like everyone around me,” she said.

Recently, Ms. Stunkard sold a shirt featuring singer-songwriter Tori Amos for $15 to a fellow fan. “It was hard for me to let go,” she said. “It made me happy to know it was going to a fan.”

In a recent survey conducted by research firm Cassandra, 36% of 14- to-19-year-old respondents said they bought or sold used items such as clothes and furniture through an online resale platform. By comparison, 35% said they shopped at a specialty retailer such as Abercrombie or J. Crew Inc. in the previous six months.

“Teens have become masters of value manipulation,” said Melanie Shreffler, senior director at Cassandra. “They are highly skilled at marketing, not only themselves, but also the items they resell.”

Tyler Rose, 17, started selling clothes online two years ago to earn money to buy collectible sneakers. In his first successful transaction, he sold a Supreme T-shirt for $88 that he had bought for $32 on eBay, he said, and then used the profit to buy a pair of Vans. He then resold the sneakers and used the money to buy two other pairs of sneakers.

From his family’s New York City apartment, and with the help of the building’s doormen to handle his packages, Mr. Rose and his parents said he made more than $100,000 last year by reselling skateboard apparel and rare sneakers.

Yvette Rose, Tyler’s mother, warns parents about security hazards. She said her son avoids meeting buyers face-to-face after he was robbed once. “You’ve got to have that conversation and draw boundaries,” she said. “Thankfully he’s very aware of the risks.”

Tyler Rose has now shifted his business from eBay and Facebook to his own website, which he built using Shopify, a platform that helps users sell goods online.

The high-school junior said he has been researching Porsche and BMW models. “I’ve always had an interest in cars,” he said. “Now it’s hitting me that I’ll be able to get the one I want.”

TEENS SHARE THEIR SECRETS FOR RESELLING APPAREL

Style: Show the buyer what the clothes look like when worn or paired with other accessories. Several teens say they get better responses by modeling apparel rather than just showcasing stand-alone items.

Describe: Use creative language to evoke an image. For example, Zinniah Munoz, 19 years old, says her Kate Spade sunglasses sold quickly when she described them as “vintage with Audrey Hepburn appeal.”

Promote: Share your listings with friends and followers on social media. Tyler Rose, 17, says peak times are evening hours that can reach late-night shoppers, as well as international markets.

Upsell: Alter outdated items to make them more en vogue. For example, Kaimi Quipolta, 18, adds cutouts and trimmings to old T-shirts. “You can make something plain look cuter by adding some flavor,” she notes.

Price: Price items slightly below comparable listings online, and don’t miss opportunities to build goodwill. Genevieve Stunkard, 17, says she sometimes lowers prices to build rapport with buyers, especially if they have shared interests.

--Khadeeja Safdar